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What are some reasons one should study the Old Testament?
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It helps us to know God and understand his plan of redemption.
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It teaches us about God, how life began, how evil came into the world, prophesis about the Messiah-Redeemer, inspires us to live holy, and it fills us with gratitude and praise.
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To know who God is
To know the heart of God
To learn God’s plan to redeem fallen man to Himself
To know what God wants from us, His children
To understand the relationship between the OT and the NT -
We should study the OT because it is the foundation for everything that was fulfilled in the NT. The OT is the reason we know how we were created, we can understand how much GOD loves us – everything he did to consistently redeem us. We can truly understand how much GOD wants a relationship with us from the OT. It teaches us how to pray; praise and worship.
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Because from Old Testament we know about God more deeply. It also help us knowing New Testament.